Quotes about Reflection

She understood that she must not write merely to win fame for herself or even for the higher motive of pure pleasure in her work. She must aim, however humbly, to help her readers to higher planes of thought and endeavor. Then and only then would it be worth while.

When she came to the end of one life it must not be to face the next with the shrinking terror of something wholly different — something for which accustomed thought and ideal and aspiration had unfitted her. The little things of life, sweet and excellent in their place, must not be the things lived for; the highest must be sought and followed; the life of heaven must be begun here on earth.

Niyeyse, bir ÅŸeyi ikinci kez düÅŸündüÄŸünüzde asla ilki kadar iyi olmuyor. Hiç bunu fark?na varm?? m?yd?n?z?

tasted the bitterness of death

Eh, hepimiz hata yapar?z tatl?m, bu yüzden art?k bunu geride b?rak. Hatalar?m?zdan piÅŸman olup ders almal?y?z ama asla onlar? kendimizle birlikte geleceÄŸe ta??mamal?y?z.

the worst of imagining things is that the time comes when you have to stop, and that hurts.

One would not drink of the cup of forgetfulness if one could.

I think, if ever any great sorrow came to me, I would come to the pines for comfort," said Anne dreamily.

On the evening after Mrs. Myra Murray of the over-harbour section had been buried Miss Cornelia and Mary Vance came up to Ingleside. There were several things concerning which Miss Cornelia wished to unburden her soul.

Life would be dull if we hadn't a few tragedies to look back on.

if I wasn't ME who'd I be?

What's the matter with you, Penny? You're not as good looking as you generally believe you are.